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Odd, the weisse Hauser are too close together to be flak towers and too tall to be storage units. I would almost go with them being construction buildings for A-4 rockets or a variation of this. The bunker looks to have housed some large artillery but the location is wrong for that. Launch control unit for rockets?

Odd, the weisse Hauser are too close together to be flak towers and too tall to be storage units. I would almost go with them being construction buildings for A-4 rockets or a variation of this. The bunker looks to have housed some large artillery but the location is wrong for that. Launch control unit for rockets?

USS Hampton Roads (SSN or SSBN-???)Nuclear submarine, class not specified.No other details provided, beyond the fact that it carries 'missiles' it is not specified if these are cruise missiles or ballistic missiles.

Plot summary: The year is 1979. Someone has provided the Chinese with the means to open holes in the Ozone Layer on command, the possibilities for extortion on the grandest scale are obvious.

Note: This is only the second novel I've run across that makes use of the idea of weaponizing ozone depletion as a major plot element, the other being the horror novel 'SIGMET Active' (1978) by Thomas Page, which I've covered earlier in the thread. It's also a Yellow Peril (China) novel, predating the resurgence of the genre in the late 1990s and early 2000s, other novels of this kind I have covered in the thread are 'Sky Masters' (1991), 'Flood Tide' (1997), 'Icefire' (1998), 'China Sea' (2000) and 'White Plague' (2015). Dating this story is not really possible as the author carefully avoids providing specific information that could tie things to a particular year, however one reference to the 'power' of the British Trade Union Council over the British Government suggests that it may take place prior to the May 3 1979 British General Election (Which bought Margaret Thatcher into power...) or possibly shortly thereafter, see also the novel 'The Hastings Conspiracy' (1980) by Alfred Coppel.

Not that long ago there was a B-29 salvage attempt, an aircraft on the ice in Greenland I think. Ended up completely burned out which was a crying shame. What a missed opportunity.

I saw that video - I had the tears welling up in my eyes at the end. Still one of the most frustrating pieces of film I ever saw. Heartbreaking - after all that work they put in. Considering how close the came actually flying the plane. As I said, gut wrenching...

It is sad to cry indeed ! So much spent energy and currency also to finish so brutally !